Turbine



C. W. BAKE.

TURBINE.

APPLICATION FILED MARA 30,1921.

m4313636., Famed @on 10,1922.

y 3 SHEETS--SHEE'I l- 7/ m nu! HNVIENTOR ATrRNEY C. W. DAKE.

TURBINE.

APPLlcMloN mso MAR. 3o. |921.

1,636@ Mmmm 00L 11W-,192%

3 SHEETS-SHEEJ -2. m E l I fw C. W. DMW.

TURBINE. l

APPLICATION FILED HMI. 30. 1921.

3'SHEETS-SHEEI 3.

\I I I IINVENTOR Patented filet., lll, ldlm.

.in m

Y CHARLES W. BAKE, "0F CHICAGO, ILLNOIS, ASSIGNOR TO .TI-IE PYLE NATIONAL COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, LIIINOIS,

A CORPORATION `OF NEW JERSEY.

TURBINE.

`illppleation led March 30, 1921. Serial No. 456,911.

To all iii/wm t may conce/1%.

Be itknoivn that I, Ci-iannns WV; Darin, a citizen of the United States, residing at "Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, Ahave invented avcertain new and v useful lmprovenient in flturbines, ol' `which the following isa specification.

My invention relates toturbines lt has for one object to provide a new and improved form of turbine structure such as may be operated by elastic fluid `such as steam or gas and the like, or byhydraulic jfluid, Water, oil and the like, `and the only difference between the hydraulic andelastic fluid turbines `ennbodyiiig 'my invention Would be in matters of detail `and dimension, size v.and shape of the nozzle `and rotational speed. l prefer, however, as a general proposition `to drive turbines `such as mine by means of elastic fluid.

Myturbine comprises in general terms,`

an apparatus `whereby the power of the machine is derived the frictiono the.

fluid against the side AWalls ot the channels in the rotor, that is to say by the adhesion, and viscosity of :rapidly moving fluid againstthese surfaces. l y

@ne object of `my invention therefore is to provide such a `friction turbine wherein an exceedingly long travel may be given the motive fluid so that there will abe aniiple' time for that vlluidto give up its speed and be reduced to the saine linear speed as the friction surface which it engages before it becomes necessary to dischargev the motivev fluid from `the rotor.

There have been inthe past a `number of devices wherein. frictional engagement of the driving surfaces by the motive lluid `was relied upon 'tor the `purpose of develop-1 ing `the power and iny apparatus differs from thein in the arrangements whereby a `greatly` increased length `of path may be travelled, and `whereby the speed of the motive fluid may be drawn` by frictional resistance down to the speed of the driven.

" `partswith a n'iinin'iumleakage, Wastage and loss and thus it possible by my arrange# inent for the 'fluid to give to the motor `the maximum percentage of its kinetic energy, and it is also possible by my arrangenjient `to i operate turbines at exceedingly lowvspeeds. y The turbines of n'iyltype .may beoperated at exceptionally low speeds, and the rotor is so constructed :isf to absorb all -oll' the wturbiiies adapted to `be driven by steam or .other suitable motive fluid. -It has Yfor one object'to .provide a turbine wherein the i `motive L-fluid `:gives up its 'kinetic energy yby frictional engagement with the Walls of an extended passage ci such length that by `the itime the .fsteain `oi other motive fluid has passed .completely `t-liei-ethrough it will `have :givenl up .all its kinetic ienergy. @ther iobjects willappear lfrom time to :time in the Aspecification.` l

The invention `is illustrated more or less diagrannnatically :in the accompanying drawings, "whereirrigure l 'is a npart section Aand lpart end elevation fol- :the a'rotor with ithe shroud and `nozzle in section Fig. 2 is asection .along `the line A-A of' nel; f

wfFig. i is a section vthrough the `shroud showing ,the :rotor [in elevation; 1

Fig. l is `a plan of the end plate `olE the rotor 5 l Fig. .5 :is a :plan ot one of the propelling` disks; 1 il Fig. i6 is a plan ot one/ot the annular spacing disks; and

Eig. 7 is yan enlarged section throughzthe rotor. y

Like parts are indicatedby like characters throughout =the drawings.

A is the turbii'leshaft. fltcarries the two fend 1p1-(ttes A1 `A1, Abetween `which is located a `hub A2. Surrounding `this hub A2 are alternate amiularspacing rings A3 and fdiiv ling disks A?. .These driving idisks or plates :Afllia've .each la zsteani notch A5 located at one :point on the periphery thereof. These disks'are held yin position .between theend plates by'zineans ol ythe holding bolts r A7, and are so disposedthat Ythe notches ldo not come in line, This is suggested by the dottedlines fin l. V

B lisan annular shroud ring surrounding `the `rotor, the rotor being adapted'to rotate `within this ring. It Wil'l'be noted that this ring, measured in axial direction, is shorter than the rotor itself, so that the space between the outermost driving disks is not closed by the shroud but the space between the inner disks is. B1 is a steam nozzle passing through the shroud and adapted to discharge against the peripheries of the disks along a tangential line at a point intermediate the two ends of the rotor.

The arrows in Fig. 7 show the path of the steam or other motive fluid. It rushes in at high velocity through the expanding nozzle and is discharged along a radial line into the thin annular driving grooves or channels between the disks, quickly filling them and, by its frictional engagement with the walls of the disks, causing the rotor to commence rotation. As soon as the steam has filled the spaces between the disks in line with the nozzle, it commences to overflow toward both ends of the shaft through the notches in the disks until the spaces between all the disks are filled with rapid traveling steam. This steam gradually gives up its kinetic energy as it works its way along toward the discharge openings at either end of the shroud, and as it travels this labyrinthine path it is impossible for any of the steam to get out before it passes through the entire system, unless there is a sliglit spilling through the space between the driving disks and the shroud. Such spilling is only from one steam chamber to the next, however, and is so slight as to be negligible. and by properly arranging the number of steam chambers-that is, the number of disks and width of the shroud-it is possible to make sure that no appreciable body of steam will escape from the system until it has been in the system long enough, and been in engagement with the disks long enough, to give up all its kinetic energy.

I claim:

l. In a turbine, a rotor comprising a plurality of flat spaced peripherally notched disks, a shroud surrounding the rotor and inclosing the outer edges of said disk, and means for directing motive fluid into the space between the disks and the shroud.

2. In a turbine, a rotor comprising a plurality of parallel flat peripherally notched disks, annular spacing end rings between them, end plates inclosing them and means for holding them all together on the rotor shaft, a shroud surrounding the rotor of lesser length measured in an axial direction than the rotor itself, and means for discharging motive Huid into the space between said disks intermediate the ends` of the shroud.

3. In a turbine, a plurality of flat friction chambers v arranged in series about the periphery of the rotorn and lying in planes transversal to the axis of rotation of the rotor, and means for discharging motive fluid at high velocity into one of said chambers and guiding it through all of said chambers and subsequently discharging it therefrom.

4. In a turbine, a plurality of parallel flat friction elements and lying in planes transversal to the axis of rotation of the rotor, means for discharging motive fluid against them, and means for conducting said Huid successively past a plurality of said elements while it gives up its kinetic energy by frictional engagement with them.

5. In a turbine, a plurality of fiat annular fluid chambers, means for discharging motive fluid into one of them, and connections between said chambers whereby the fluid passes successively from one to another as it gives up its kinetic energy by frictional engagement with the walls of said chambers.

6. In a turbine, a plurality of flat annular fluid chambers, means for discharging 1notive fluid into one of them, and connections between said chambers whereby the fluid passes successively from one to another as it gives up its kinetic energy by frictional engagement with the walls of said cham` bers, said chambers being formed by a plurality of flat driving disks notched to provide passages between the chambers and a shroud surrounding them.

7. A turbine comprising a plurality of parallel annular fluid chambers, a single connection between each pair of adjacent chambers, said connections being out of line with the connection between the other chambers, and means for discharging motive Huid through the entire system of chambers.

S. In a steam turbine, a plurality of spared parallel apertured discs, a shroud surrounding some of them, and means l'or discharging motive fluid into the spaces between some of the said discs whereby it passes out from space to space giving up its kinetic energy as it goes.

9. In a turbine, a plurality ol' flat annular motive fluid chambers, connections be tween. them, and means for conducting motive Huid through said chambers successively.

l0. In a turbine, a plurality of flat friction chambers arranged in series about the periphery of the rotor, and means for discharging motive fluid at high velocity into a centrally disposed chamber and guiding it through all of said chambers and subsequently discharging it therefrom.

l1. A turbine, a plurality of flat friction chambers arranged in series about the periphery of the rotor and lying in planes` transversal to the axis of rotation of the ro tor and means for discharging motive fluid at high velocity into a single group of said chambers and guiding it through all of said chambers and subsequently discharging it therefrom. i i i l2. In a steam lui-bine, a plurality of scpl arate spaced friction plates, means for divrenting motive fluid along said plates and for maintaining the fluid continuously in contact with successive plates until it has given up all of its kinetic energy.

` 13. `ln a fluid turbine, means for frictionally absorbing the energy of the motive fluid `by successive engagement of the motive fluid with a plurality of separate spaced frictional surfaces arranged in series, and means for preventing the escape of the motive fluid until` it has passed all of said surfaces.

15. In a fluid turbine, a rotor comprising a plurality of parallel flat frictional elements and means for guiding a motive fluid axially about said rotor from end to end thereof and maintaining it in frictional c0ntact With said elements.

Signed at Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois7 this 21st day of March7 1921. i

CHARLES W. BAKE. 

